Actors & Entertainers:
- Orland Bloom
- Harry Belafonte
- David Copperfield
- Tom Cruise
- Patrick Dempsey
- Danny Glover
- Whoopi Goldberg
- James Earl Jones
- Kiera Knightley
- Jay Leno
- Edward James Olmos
- Oliver Reed
- Keanu Reeves
- Tom Smothers
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Vince Vaughn
- Robin Williams
- Henry Winkler
Athletes:
- Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer
- Duncan Goodhew, Olympic Swimmer
- Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist
- Magic Johnson
- Bob May, Golfer
- Diamond Dallas Page, World Wrestling Champion
- Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist Rowing
- Nolan Ryan, Baseball Pitcher
- Rex Ryan, NFL Coach of New York Jets
- Jackie Stewart, Race Car Driver
Filmmakers:
- Robert Benton
- Walt Disney
- Steven Spielberg
Military:
Musicians:
- Cher
- John Lennon
- Nigel Kennedy, Violinist
- Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist
Political Leaders:
- James Carville, Political Consultant
- Winston Churchill
- King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- Thomas Kean, Governor of New Jersey
- John F. Kennedy
- Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco
Writers and Journalists:
- Avi
- Scott Adams, cartoonist of Dilbert
- Agatha Christie
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Fannie Flagg
- John Irving
- Wendy Wasserstein, playwright
Sources:
The Lab School of Washington, D.C. Awardees
www.dyslexia.com
www.dys-add.com
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Artists, Designers & Architects:
- Ansel Adams, Photographer
- Richard Avedon, Photographer
- David Bailey, Photographer
- Chuck Close
- Ignacio Gomez, Muralist
- Tommy Hilfiger, Designer
- J. Seward Johnson, Jr., Sculptor
- Victoria Mackenzie-Childs, Designer
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Richard Rogers, Architect, Paris Pompidou Centre
- Jorn Utzon, Architect, Sydney Opera House
- Andy Warhol
- Willard Wigan, Micro Sculptor
- David Yurman, Jewelry Designer
Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders:
- Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Enterprises
- John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems
- Barbara Corcoran, Founder of The Corcoran Group, TV Personality, Author
- Ariel Emanuel, CEO, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
- William Hewlett, Co-Founder Hewlett-Packard
- Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of IKEA
- David Neeleman, CEO, JetBlue Airways
- Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop per Child
- Jamie Oliver, Chef, Restaurateur, TV Personality, Author
- Paul J. Orfalea, Founder of Kinko’s
- Charles Schwab, Investor
- Ted Turner, Founder, Founder of CNN, Media Mogul, Philanthropist
Law and Justice:
- David Boies, Attorney
- Erin Brockovich, Consumer Advocate
- Jeffrey H. Gallet, Judge
Physicians and Surgeons:
- Dr. Ben Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins
- Dr. Harvey Cushing, Surgeon
- Dr. Fred Epstein, Neurosurgeon
Scientists and Inventors:
- Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer
- Dr. Carol Greider, 2009 Nobel Prize
- Willem Hollenbach, Inventor
- Jack Horner, Paleontologist
- Stephen Stanley, Paleobiologist
- Scott Redmond, Inventor of Virtual Reality
Historical Figures believed to have had the traits of Dyslexia:
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Pierre Currie, 1903 Nobel Prize
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Thomas Edison
- Albert Einstein
- Gustave Flaubert
- Henry Ford
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Thomas Jefferson
- Pablo Picasso
- Auguste Rodin
- George Washington
- Woodrow Wilson
- F. W. Woolworth
- W.B. Yeats
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